Introduction
SGW Media, Inc. (”SGW Media”) has created this Privacy Policy in order to disclose its use of consumer data collected about you. This Privacy Policy is effective as of April 1, 2008. Any questions regarding this policy should be directed by email to privacy@sgwmedia.net. The following discloses SGW Media’s information gathering and dissemination practices for its marketing website(s).
Acknowledgement/Your Agreement
By using our website(s) or submitting information to us, you consent to the Company’s use and sharing of the information collected or submitted as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collected and Received
SGW Media may collect or receive information about each person who uses or registers with the SGW Media website(s) including, but not limited to, user name, password, first and last name, email address, street address, gender, occupation, and interests. SGW Media also collects information on the pages you access and other information you may volunteer, such as survey information.
Uses of Information
We may make the email addresses of our users available to other organizations whose products or services we think you may find interesting. If you supply us with your postal address online or we receive it through one of our relationships, you may, receive mailings from other third party companies. These third party companies may use the information that you provide to SGW Media or SGW Media receives from other sources to deliver you mailings with offers about goods and services that may be of interest to you. We may use a third party company to distribute our offers.
From time to time, we may partner with companies based on the interests of our users. These partner companies will never see your email address or any other information that could identify you or be used to contact you directly.
SGW Media reserves the right to disclose information when required by law.
We may use other companies to perform services necessary to our operations. In the course of providing these services, those companies may have access to your personal information. By contractual agreement, those companies must treat your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, we will not be liable for any damages that may result from the misuse of your personal information by these companies.
SGW Media may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with SGW Media’s server and to administer SGW Media’s website(s). Your IP address may also be used to help identify you and your online profile and to gather broad demographic information.
SGW Media’s sites’ registration form requires users to give SGW Media contact information (such as your name and email address) and demographic information (such as your zip code, age, or income level). SGW Media uses customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about SGW Media and promotional material from some of SGW Media’s partners. The customer’s contact information is also used to contact the user when necessary. SGW Media may use demographic and/or profile data to tailor the visitor’s experience on SGW Media’s site(s), show the visitor content that SGW Media thinks you may be interested in, and display content according to your preferences. The demographic and profile data may also be shared with advertisers.
We may also disclose any statements made by our users.
Security
SGW Media uses industry-standard technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged between SGW Media and other companies to help ensure its security. This site(s) has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under SGW Media’s control. SGW Media’s servers are backed up regularly and protected by security systems.
Cookies
“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. SGW Media’s site(s) uses cookies to keep track of your session, shopping cart, and advertising delivery. SGW Media may also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your password. SGW Media may use an outside ad company to display ads on SGW Media’s site(s). These ads may also contain cookies. While SGW Media uses cookies in other parts of SGW Media’s web site(s), cookies received with banner ads are collected by SGW Media’s ad company and SGW Media does not have access to this information.
Links
SGW Media may create links to other web sites. SGW Media will make a reasonable effort to link only to sites that meet similar standards for maintaining each individual’s right to privacy. However, many other sites that are not associated or authorized by SGW Media may have links leading to SGW Media’s site(s). SGW Media cannot control these links and SGW Media is not responsible for any content appearing on these sites.
Amendments
SGW Media may amend this policy at any time. If SGW Media is going to use personally identifiable information collected through SGW Media’s corporate site(s) in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection SGW Media will notify users via email and/or by posting a notice on SGW Media’s Web site(s) for 30 days prior to such use. This Agreement may not be otherwise amended except in a writing that specifically refers to this Privacy Policy and is physically signed by both parties.
Contacts
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site(s), or your dealings with this web site(s), you can contact privacy@sgwmedia.net. Upon request, SGW Media will provide you with access to information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that SGW Media collects and maintains about you. This site gives you the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided: (i) email: privacy@sgwmedia.net; or (ii) visit the SGW Media website(s) you registered on. There you can also log into your account to update your contact information.
Opt-Out
SGW Media’s site(s) provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from SGW Media. To opt-out of receiving our communications, you can (i) send email to remove@sgwmedia.net; or (ii) send postal mail to: 8600 Appalachian Dr., Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78759.
